Explainer - After Israel's tight election, who matters and what happens next?


  • World
  • Wednesday, 24 Mar 2021

FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures while standing near a voting booth as he prepares to cast his ballot in Israel's general election, at a polling station in Jerusalem March 23, 2021. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/Pool/File Photo

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to secure a solid parliamentary majority in Israel's election, according to TV exit polls early on Wednesday which predicted no clear winner.

The right-wing bloc led by Netanyahu's Likud party had a slight edge but was in a tight race with a grouping of centre, left and right-wing parties looking to unseat him.

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